Re: [slim] Sonos dropping support for older equipment

2020-01-29 Thread pablolie


This is the exact same thing as Apple no longer supporting upgrades for
a first gen iPad and then those users seem happy enough to upgrade to
new models that guarantee forward compatibility. 

And as great as the Squeezebox ecosystem is, let's not forget that
Logitech abandoned it way before Sonos stopped providing updates to a
few old devices (I don't know and I don't care if they stay somewhat
functional for now, not my issue :-D).

But trying to convert Sonos folk to adopt the Squeezebox ecosystem is
probably a pretty doomed effort. 

Most of the market these days is based on:

1. Bluetooth speakers. Turn them on, and stream music from your
smartphone. I should say I abhor their sound and my audiophile is
offended, but actually some are quite decent.
2. Smart speakers + home assistants. Turn them on, they stream music or
control your TV and they also happen to spy on your entire household all
the time. Big naw from this guy... like never ever.
3. Sonos. Easy to set up, multi-room and while it's not my cup of tea
nor do I think it sounds mind-blowing, hey, clearly many people love it
and it does claim a big spot in the market. 
4. Proprietary "high end" audiophile streamers. They can look great and
can provide some UI and ease of use benefits, but if they cost more than
$2-3k the point eludes me entirely.

And then there is us in the supposedly dead Squeezebox ecosystem. The
advantages are too many to name. But the fact of the matter is that a
system that was abandoned by the company championing it and now relies
on the goodwill of a dedicated community is unlikely to gain mainstream
success. 

I *do* have several friends that have adopted it and love it. Even after
Logitech pulled the plug. But I also have friends that did initially,
and then one day I show up at their place and they have a Sonos running
and look at me like I'll get upset, but I couldn't care less, it's their
home and their decision. :-)



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Re: [slim] Sonos dropping support for older equipment

2020-01-28 Thread castalla


I've started a thread as a brief intro for any sonos refugees.   I
haven't published the url at sonos community (!).  Any interested
parties should find it.

Any other helpful posts (basic level, I suggest) are welcome from
community members.



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Re: [slim] Sonos dropping support for older equipment

2020-01-28 Thread johnas


I've been lurking some of the discussion as I own a few Sonos boxes. The
hurricane of hate is still category 5, might be category 4 in a few
days.

I see I number of posters saying "they won't buy a locked ecosystem
again" and then day they are looking at
Bluesound/Bose/Musicast.[emoji2357]



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Re: [slim] Sonos dropping support for older equipment

2020-01-28 Thread castalla


The sonos fiasco continues unabated.  The main thread has now over 2700
posts (the original thread which was closed reached about 2000) !!!

I can't understand the psychology of many users who are off looking for
alternative/replacement proprietary systems at huge cost.   Bose seems
the top choice (?1?).

I'm still getting flak from 'fanboys' who condemn squeezebox/LMS as
outmoded/buggy, etc.  Bizarre.



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Re: [slim] Sonos dropping support for older equipment

2020-01-25 Thread dolodobendan


castalla wrote: 
> The sonos devices are upnp/dlna enabled - you can use philippe's
> UPNPbridge plugin - there's a configuration profile already set up for
> sonos.   His airplay plugin doesn't handle airplay2 (as far as I know). 
> The sonos devices appear as players to LMS.
> 
> You lose none of the sonos features ... the two systems reside side by
> side.
> 
> LMS control is way ahead of anything sonos have (both in ease of use and
> multi-system choice).

You could also use Philippe's AirPlay bridge. That what he suggested
when I had some issues with the UPnP bridge.



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Re: [slim] Sonos dropping support for older equipment

2020-01-25 Thread castalla


BuddyRich wrote: 
> Gotta admit I made the move to Sonos about 1 year ago, retiring LMS and
> my Pi2 and PiCorePlayer setup.  Actually sold a nice Bryston amp and
> Audiolabs DAC/Pre combo and bought the Sonos Amp to replace it all.  
> 
> I then lost some brain cells and retired my AVR and old discreet 5.1
> setup in my basement to go with a Beam initially and have upgraded it to
> a 5.1 setup in my home theatre by adding a pair of rears (cheap Ikea
> Symfonisk speakers) and Sonos Sub.
> 
> To be fair there is the allure of "it just works" and I (and more
> importantly the wife) likes the lack of wires and its streamlined
> appearance - a basement reno sealed all of the wires fate.  The other
> reason for the switch was Apple Music support.  Airplay worked well
> enough for a single person but I just missed having a shared queue for
> stuff like that.  Sometimes my wife would like to queue up stuff, or
> friends - airplay didn't work for that (Spotty plugin and Spotify
> however was great...)
> 
> None of my Sonos stuff is old enough to be legacy but on the Sonos
> forums I too have mentioned LMS/Squeeze as an alternative.
> 
> I do still keep checking in here though.  Hoping for a AM plugin for
> LMS.  I will say without a doubt iPeng is probably the nicest music
> controller app Ive used.  Not sure if Pippin is a ux/ui guy IRL but its
> truly designed for a touch device with it use of swipe gestures.   Its
> fluid, intuitive to use, and just works.  On Android I find Squeeze CTRL
> a close second but Ive been off Android for awhile.  Those both put the
> official Sonos app to shame (so many menus rather than putting control
> front and centre) and though they have released an API hardly anyone has
> attempted to write a 3rd party app for Sonos.
> 
> I am curious - if it ever came to it, how would I use Sonos devices with
> LMS (as player endpoints I assume).  Some have airplay 1/2 so could be
> bridged via that plugin.  Are Sonos devices also upnp/dnla compatible as
> well?  Would that plugin work.  Would it be better than the airplay one?

The sonos devices are upnp/dlna enabled - you can use philippe's
UPNPbridge plugin - there's a configuration profile already set up for
sonos.   His airplay plugin doesn't handle airplay2 (as far as I know). 
The sonos devices appear as players to LMS.

You lose none of the sonos features ... the two systems reside side by
side.

LMS control is way ahead of anything sonos have (both in ease of use and
multi-system choice).



LMS server: Pi Zero

Amp: Denon PMA-50

Players/Speakers:  Touch, Logitech Radios, Sonos Play 1s & Beam,
Libratone Zipp, GGMM E2 & E3, Yamaha WXAD-010, Loewe Airspeaker, Google
Chromecast Audio, Home Mini & Nest Hub, Amazon Echo 2,3 and Show5,
Pioneer WX-SMA1, Roberts S1, O2 Joggler, Cisco Joggler, Avantree Priva
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Re: [slim] Sonos dropping support for older equipment

2020-01-25 Thread Paul Webster


BuddyRich wrote: 
> I am curious - if it ever came to it, how would I use Sonos devices with
> LMS (as player endpoints I assume).  Some have airplay 1/2 so could be
> bridged via that plugin.  Are Sonos devices also upnp/dnla compatible as
> well?  Would that plugin work.  Would it be better than the airplay one?

Castalla uses UPnP plugin with his. ISTR issues with interop over
Airplay 2 with Sonos but not sure.

I picked up some Eltek speakers today for 10GBP from someone who has
recently made the switch to Sonos for his home set-up.
He was aware of the recent news but only recently bought so should be
safe for a few years. One of the reasons that he went for them was
because of their (prior) track record in supporting old players (if not
their controllers).



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Re: [slim] Sonos dropping support for older equipment

2020-01-25 Thread BuddyRich


Gotta admit I made the move to Sonos about 1 year ago, retiring LMS and
my Pi2 and PiCorePlayer setup.  Actually sold a nice Bryston amp and
Audiolabs DAC/Pre combo and bought the Sonos Amp to replace it all.  

I then lost some brain cells and retired my AVR and old discreet 5.1
setup in my basement to go with a Beam initially and have upgraded it to
a 5.1 setup in my home theatre by adding a pair of rears (cheap Ikea
Symfonisk speakers) and Sonos Sub.

To be fair there is the allure of "it just works" and I (and more
importantly the wife) likes the lack of wires and its streamlined
appearance - a basement reno sealed all of the wires fate.  The other
reason for the switch was Apple Music support.  Airplay worked well
enough for a single person but I just missed having a shared queue for
stuff like that.  Sometimes my wife would like to queue up stuff, or
friends - airplay didn't work for that (Spotty plugin and Spotify
however was great...)

None of my Sonos stuff is old enough to be legacy but on the Sonos
forums I too have mentioned LMS/Squeeze as an alternative.

I do still keep checking in here though.  Hoping for a AM plugin for
LMS.  I will say without a doubt iPeng is probably the nicest music
controller app Ive used.  Not sure if Pippin is a ux/ui guy IRL but its
truly designed for a touch device with it use of swipe gestures.   Its
fluid, intuitive to use, and just works.  On Android I find Squeeze CTRL
a close second but Ive been off Android for awhile.  Those both put the
official Sonos app to shame (so many menus rather than putting control
front and centre) and though they have released an API hardly anyone has
attempted to write a 3rd party app for Sonos.

I am curious - if it ever came to it, how would I use Sonos devices with
LMS (as player endpoints I assume).  Some have airplay 1/2 so could be
bridged via that plugin.  Are Sonos devices also upnp/dnla compatible as
well?  Would that plugin work.  Would it be better than the airplay one?



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Re: [slim] Sonos dropping support for older equipment

2020-01-23 Thread slartibartfast


Apesbrain wrote: 
> Sonos backtracking:
> https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2020/1/23/21079269/sonos-ceo-patrick-spence-apology-legacy-products-software-updatesNot
>  really.. Still the same outcome.

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Re: [slim] Sonos dropping support for older equipment

2020-01-23 Thread Apesbrain


Sonos backtracking:
https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2020/1/23/21079269/sonos-ceo-patrick-spence-apology-legacy-products-software-updates



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Re: [slim] Sonos dropping support for older equipment

2020-01-23 Thread FatPete


castalla wrote: 
> A gentle hint I made yesterday about 'other ways to use Sonos devices'
> was promptly put down as 'nonsense' by one of these characters.

Let me guess... user "jgatie" ;) Whenever I've tried talking about how I
use LMS to get around Sonos' 65K track limit and limited 24 bit support,
he's usually the one to go on the attack about LMS! You'd think he'd be
happy that his precious Sonos brand is being used by people who'd
otherwise be hit by their limitations. I've stopped visiting the Sonos
forums now due to my frustration whenever jgatie starts being a keyboard
warrior in the vast majority of his posts...



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Re: [slim] Sonos dropping support for older equipment

2020-01-23 Thread slartibartfast


castalla wrote: 
> I could but probably won't!Yup it would probably attract more abuse. 

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Re: [slim] Sonos dropping support for older equipment

2020-01-23 Thread castalla


slartibartfast wrote: 
> You could post a link to the relevant thread on here. There only seems
> to be one  member over there who thinks it is "nonsense".
> 
> Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk

I could but probably won't!



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Amp: Denon PMA-50

Players/Speakers:  Touch, Logitech Radios, Sonos Play 1s & Beam,
Libratone Zipp, GGMM E2 & E3, Yamaha WXAD-010, Loewe Airspeaker, Google
Chromecast Audio, Home Mini & Nest Hub, Amazon Echo 2,3 and Show5,
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Re: [slim] Sonos dropping support for older equipment

2020-01-23 Thread castalla


chill wrote: 
> Well done for spreading the word in such an environment.  I saw your
> post demonstrating the integration of your Sonos Beam, and as others
> have noted, this could be a good time to pick up 'legacy' Sonos speakers
> for use with LMS.  Can you comment on your experience using Sonos
> devices with upnp/dlna - any drawbacks compared to other devices/plugins
> (e.g. synchronisation)?
> 
> I was also interested in picking up one of the so-called 'bricked'
> legacy devices (i.e. one that's been disabled as part of the 'trade-up'
> programme) - I thought it could make a good basis for a SqueezeAMP
> conversion.

Can't comment on synch. - don't use it.  Otherwise the bridge works
fantastically well.  Haven't had any issues with plugins either.   

The Beam has good sound and Alexa/Google built-in: also airplay2, but
I've never got the airplay2 to work with the airplay plugin.  I have 2
Play 1s - they work fine.

The worst aspect I've found (and Sonos are to blame here) is the
'native' conroller software.  You need a recent Android/iPad smartphone
to set the sonos device up (the Win PC controller has been crippled &
can't be used for setup - there's no web browser access nor a linux
controller).   Moving to a different network or a new router is a
version of 'black magic' - makes LMS almost plug'n'play by comparison.



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Libratone Zipp, GGMM E2 & E3, Yamaha WXAD-010, Loewe Airspeaker, Google
Chromecast Audio, Home Mini & Nest Hub, Amazon Echo 2,3 and Show5,
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Re: [slim] Sonos dropping support for older equipment

2020-01-23 Thread slartibartfast


castalla wrote: 
> 1 out of thousanda!
> 
> Some others have gone off on a hunt for 'alternatives' - most of which
> seem to be in github 'cold-storage' and appear amazingly complex to
> implement.
> Quite bizarre.
> 
> Bluesound and Bose come up quite frequently as replacement systems.You could 
> post a link to the relevant thread on here. There only seems
to be one  member over there who thinks it is "nonsense".

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Re: [slim] Sonos dropping support for older equipment

2020-01-23 Thread chill


castalla wrote: 
> 
> The Sonos forum and community is a strange and often unwelcoming
> phenomenon!  There is a substantial number of 'fanboys' who will attack
> anyone who has even constructive criticism to offer.  A gentle hint I
> made yesterday about 'other ways to use Sonos devices' was promptly put
> down as 'nonsense' by one of these characters.
> 

Well done for spreading the word in such an environment.  I saw your
post demonstrating the integration of your Sonos Beam, and as others
have noted, this could be a good time to pick up 'legacy' Sonos speakers
for use with LMS.  Can you comment on your experience using Sonos
devices with upnp/dlna - any drawbacks compared to other devices/plugins
(e.g. synchronisation)?

I was also interested in picking up one of the so-called 'bricked'
legacy devices (i.e. one that's been disabled as part of the 'trade-up'
programme) - I thought it could make a good basis for a SqueezeAMP
conversion.



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Re: [slim] Sonos dropping support for older equipment

2020-01-23 Thread castalla


slartibartfast wrote: 
> One of the forum users seemed to be interested. 
> 
> Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk

1 out of thousanda!

Some others have gone off on a hunt for 'alternatives' - most of which
seem to be in github 'cold-storage' and appear amazingly complex to
implement.
Quite bizarre.

Bluesound and Bose come up quite frequently as replacement systems.



LMS server: Pi Zero

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Players/Speakers:  Touch, Logitech Radios, Sonos Play 1s & Beam,
Libratone Zipp, GGMM E2 & E3, Yamaha WXAD-010, Loewe Airspeaker, Google
Chromecast Audio, Home Mini & Nest Hub, Amazon Echo 2,3 and Show5,
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Re: [slim] Sonos dropping support for older equipment

2020-01-23 Thread slartibartfast


castalla wrote: 
> I've done that many times (including yesterday) ... surprisingly little
> interest.
> 
> The Sonos forum and community is a strange and often unwelcoming
> phenomenon!  There is a substantial number of 'fanboys' who will attack
> anyone who has even constructive criticism to offer.  A gentle hint I
> made yesterday about 'other ways to use Sonos devices' was promptly put
> down as 'nonsense' by one of these characters.
> 
> In the current threads about the 'legacy' issue I am quite amazed by the
> amount of $$$ some people have spent on their systems - quite a number
> are threatening to sell their equipment and move off to other equally
> overpriced and proprietary closed systems as a solution.One of the forum 
> users seemed to be interested. 

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Re: [slim] Sonos dropping support for older equipment

2020-01-22 Thread castalla


slartibartfast wrote: 
> I think someone should comment on the Sonos forum that the legacy
> products can still be used with LMS [emoji3]
> 
> Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk

I've done that many times (including yesterday) ... surprisingly little
interest.

The Sonos forum and community is a strange and often unwelcoming
phenomenon!  There is a substantial number of 'fanboys' who will attack
anyone who has even constructive criticism to offer.  A gentle hint I
made yesterday about 'other ways to use Sonos devices' was promptly put
down as 'nonsense' by one of these characters.

In the current threads about the 'legacy' issue I am quite amazed by the
amount of $$$ some people have spent on their systems - quite a number
are threatening to sell their equipment and move off to other equally
overpriced and proprietary closed systems as a solution.



LMS server: Pi Zero

Amp: Denon PMA-50

Players/Speakers:  Touch, Logitech Radios, Sonos Play 1s & Beam,
Libratone Zipp, GGMM E2 & E3, Yamaha WXAD-010, Loewe Airspeaker, Google
Chromecast Audio, Home Mini & Nest Hub, Amazon Echo 2,3 and Show5,
Pioneer WX-SMA1, Roberts S1, O2 Joggler, Cisco Joggler, Avantree Priva
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Re: [slim] Sonos dropping support for older equipment

2020-01-22 Thread slartibartfast


Paul Webster wrote: 
> The music is the same but the delivery mechanism for Internet-accessible
> music has been changing ... e.g. more https, higher bit rate services,
> other protocols (eg hls).
> LMS is able to hide much of that for our devices but Sonos works in a
> different way.
> I could believe that their old devices are somewhere near the limit of
> their capability but my guess is that it is becoming hard for them to
> write software that works across the entire range (where old kit has
> different chips) plus the extra time it takes to test everything against
> the full set of hardware increases their costs.
> 
> Their communication of this on top of the bricking of kit to get a
> discount on upgrade does seem very poor.I think someone should comment on the 
> Sonos forum that the legacy
products can still be used with LMS [emoji3]

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Re: [slim] Sonos dropping support for older equipment

2020-01-22 Thread Paul Webster


The music is the same but the delivery mechanism for Internet-accessible
music has been changing ... e.g. more https, higher bit rate services,
other protocols (eg hls).
LMS is able to hide much of that for our devices but Sonos works in a
different way.
I could believe that their old devices are somewhere near the limit of
their capability but my guess is that it is becoming hard for them to
write software that works across the entire range (where old kit has
different chips) plus the extra time it takes to test everything against
the full set of hardware increases their costs.

Their communication of this on top of the bricking of kit to get a
discount on upgrade does seem very poor.



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Re: [slim] Sonos dropping support for older equipment

2020-01-22 Thread FredFredrickson


"some of the oldest products have been stretched to their technical
limits in terms of memory and processing power."

Has music somehow dramatically changed in the past few years?

Bad day to be a sonos fanatic.



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